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Manchester United are being linked with moves for three players this morning, while Chelsea are set for talks with AC Milan over a play...

Manchester United are being linked with moves for three
players this morning, while Chelsea are set for talks with AC Milan over a
player-plus cash swap deal, according to Tuesday’s newspapers.

Manchester
United Keeping Tabs On Griezmann And Bailey

It will hardly come as a major news that Manchester United
are keen on a swoop for Antoine Griezmann, though the Daily Star claims the
club made another check on the player this weekend ahead of a likely swoop next
summer.

The player has been linked with a £80million move to United,
Chelsea and Arsenal next summer but reports suggest the player will be
persuaded to move to Old Trafford by his close friend Paul Pogba.

United had a scout present for Sunday’s 2-0 win at Valencia
– and will have been impressed by his all-round display and another notch on
his tally for Atletico.

However, the scout may well tell his employers that
Griezmann can’t be handed penalty duties should he move to Old Trafford – the
Frenchman saw a first-half penalty saved by Diego Alves. Griezmann has now
failed to convert his last three penalties, and four of his last six – three in
La Liga and three in the Champions League.

The Jamaican, who turned down Chelsea and Ajax to move to
Belgium, has electric pace and has begun to add goals to his repertoire –
scoring five so far this season.

United sent two representatives, including chief scout Jim
Lawlor, to Belgium to watch 19-year-old score in his side’s 3-1 Europa League
win over Sassuolo last Thursday.

Chelsea, Arsenal, Leicester, Sunderland and Newcastle were
also represented at Genk with Sassuolo striker Gregoire Defrel also under
scrutiny.

And finally, Canadian youngster Alphonso Davies is also on
United’s radar, The Province report.

Chelsea
Line Up Fabregas / De Sciglio Swap

Cesc Fabregas could be set to leave Chelsea and join Italian
giants AC Milan in a player plus cash deal, according to reports in Italy.

CalcioMercato claim Milan are ready to hold talks with the
Blues about a deal for 29-year-old Fabregas, who has made four Premier League
appearances this season but was an unused substitute in the recent win at Hull.

It reports that Chelsea want to strike a cash-plus-player
agreement, with the cash part being €10 million and the player being full-back
Mattia de Sciglio, with officials from both clubs now set to open talks.

De Sciglio, a 23-year-old Italy international, worked with
Blues boss Antonio Conte during his time as coach of the national side – but
there could yet be a spanner in the works.

Liverpool, who have been linked with a new left-back since
the summer, are also keen on De Sciglio, and reports last month suggested they
had seen an offer for him turned down.

Others

Steve Bruce has been backed for the vacant Aston Villa job,
despite his past as a player and manager of Birmingham City, by Alex McLeish
(Daily Mirror)

Villa will only turn to Bruce if they can’t persuade
Huddersfield manager David Wagner to give up the team he has taken to the top
of the Championship (The Guardian)

Athletic Bilbao defender Aymeric Laporte has revealed he
spoke with Manchester City for “a long time” before snubbing a move to the
Etihad (Daily Mirror)

Chelsea do not have a buy-back clause inserted in Thorgan
Hazard’s contract, according to the Belgian’s club Borussia Monchengladbach
(Daily Mirror)